ENGL 319 - African American Literature II

This course is an in-depth study of selected 20th and 21st Century African American authors, from the modernists to the postmodernists, with emphasis on major contemporary writers. Authors studied may include Nella Larsen, Ralph Ellison, Charles R. Johnson, Toni Morrison, Edward P. Jones, Octavia Butler, and the most recently published authors. Emphasis is on longer works of fiction with more in-depth research on each author. Prerequisites: ENGL 318. (3)